Oshawa Assembly and the Canadian Technical Centre (CTC) Oshawa Campus are the latest Canadian operations to join GM’s growing list of landfill-free facilities. General Motors now operates 142 global facilities that recycle, reuse or convert-to-energy all waste from daily operations—more than any other automaker.
With the addition of Oshawa Assembly to the list of landfill-free operations, GM is now diverting 100% waste from landfills at all Canadian manufacturing facilities, joining St. Catharines Propulsion and CAMI Assembly which have been operating landfill-free since 2008 and 2014, respectively.
In Ontario, the waste sector is responsible for approximately 6% of greenhouse gas emissions. GM Canada has become a leader and is setting an example for businesses to strive for zero-waste operations.
In addition to achieving these new landfill-free facilities, GM recently proposed a project to build a 6.4 megawatt co-generation plant that will reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from its St. Catharines Propulsion Plant by more than 77% using renewable landfill gas to generate electricity and recover thermal energy to power and heat the Plant.
“Diverting waste from landfill by reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering waste—including cutting GHGs from transporting and landfilling waste, and in the supply chain—roughly offsets the total GHG emissions from our manufacturing operations.”
- Steve Carlisle, president and managing director, GM Canada